Air sealed burial casket



June 19, 1962 S. E. ROBINSON AIR SEALED BURIAL CASKET Filed April 5,1956 29 so 31 27fi5 SHERMAN 5 R05 INSO N IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEY United States atent 3,039,168 AIR SEALED BURIAL CASKET ShermanE. Robinson, Arthur, Ill., assignor to Progress Manufacturing Co., Inc.,Arthur, 111., a corporation of Illinois 7 Filed Apr. 5, 1956, Ser. No.577,185 3 Claims. (Cl. 27-6) This invention relates to an air sealedburial casket. 1 The invention is more particularly concerned with ametallic burial casket including a body and a cover and one of theimportant objects of the invention is to extend the upper portion of thebody vertically upward into the cover whereby moisture or liquid isprevented from entering the body irrespective of whether or not thecasket is disposed in a perfectly level position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a burial casketincluding a body having a marginal vertical flange at the top thereof,and a cover for the body having a marginal multiple flange structureco-operating with said body flange and providing therewith an air seal.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a metallic burialcasket including a body and a pair of cooperating half covers for thebody and wherein the body and covers are provided with co-operating airsealing means.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent inthe course of the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, wherein- FIG.1 is a longitudinalvertical sectional view of the improved casket in accordance with onestructural embodiment thereof.

FIG. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view as observed in the planeof line 2-2 on FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view as observed from the underside of one ofthe half covers for the body of the casket.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 of the other half cover for the bodyof the casket.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a channel member embodied in the casketconstruction.

FIG. 6 is a fragmental top plan view of the casket body and showing thechannel member secured thereto.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, and first to FIGS. 1 to 6thereof, the casket will be seen to comprise a body 10 and a pair oflike covers 11.

The body and covers are constructed of uniform gauge sheet metal and thebody 10 comprises a base including a major central bottom wall 12 whichis upwardly offset from relatively narrow side and end bottom walls 13and 14 respectively. The base further includes relatively shallow sideand end vertical walls 15 and 16 respectively, from which other side andend walls 17 and 18 respectively extend inwardly and upwardly to therespective lower edges of the vertical side and end walls 19 and 20 ofthe casket body 10.

Relatively narrow horizontal side and end walls 21 and 22 respectivelyproject laterally outwardly from the upper edges of the body side andend walls, other side and end vertical walls 23 and 24 respectivelyproject upwardly from the outer edges of walls 21 and 22 and other sideand end horizontal walls 25 and 26 respectively project laterallyinwardly from the upper edges of walls 23 and 24. Other vertical sideand end walls 27 and 28 respectively project vertically upwardly fromthe inner ends of walls 25 and 26 and which terminate in inwardlydirected narrow horizontal flanges 27 and 28 respectively.

It is, of course, to be understood that the walls 15 to 18 of the baseand also the walls 23, 24 and 27, 28 are of relatively small verticalextent as compared to the ice main side and end walls 19 and 20 of thecasket body 10, the walls of the base providing mainly an artisticappearance to the casket body as do also as a secondary function theflanges 21 to 24.

The vertical side walls 27 are interrupted centrally of the body 10 asis more particularly indicated in FIG. 6 and a channel member 29 (FIG.5) is disposed transversely of the body and in the interruption of thewalls 27. The channel member comprises a base wall 30 and opposite sidewalls 31, and a continuous flange 32 projects laterally outwardly fromthe upper edges and ends of the side walls 31 and downwardly from theopposite ends of the base wall 30. The flange portions at opposite endsof the channel member have adhesive applied thereto for fixing thechannel member in position.

The covers 11 are of like construction and each thereof includes anarched top wall 36 and the opposite sides and opposed ends of the coversinclude downwardly and laterally outwardly inclined walls 37 and 38respectively and the opposite sides and opposed ends of the coversfurther include vertical walls 39 and 40 respectively as integralextensions of walls 37 and 38. Side and end horizontal walls 41 and 42respectively project laterally inwardly from the lower edges of walls 39and 40 and side and end vertical walls 43 and 44 respectively projectvertically upwardly from the inner edges of walls 41 and 42respectively.

It will be observed that the side and end horizontal walls 25 and 26with the side and end vertical walls 27 and 28 of the body provide amarginal recess at the top of the casket body for receiving therectangular portions on the covers which are defined by the horizontalside and end walls 41 and 42 and the spaced vertical Walls 39, 40, 43and 44.

The adjacent end walls 45 of the covers 11 are in vertical planes as isclearly indicated in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 and such walls at their loweredges are provided with horizontal walls 46 and spaced vertical walls 47which are seated in the channel member 29.

As is indicated in FIG. 2, suitable hinges 48 and button locks 49 aredisposed between the covers and the body at opposite sides of thecasket.

It is to be particularly observed from FIGS. 1 and 2 that the jointsbetween the body 10 and the covers 11 include passages extendingvertically upward from the horizontal passages between the walls 25, 26and 41, 42 whereby water or moisture cannot pass into the body 1d of thecasket even though same is not in an altogether horizontal position.

Having set forth my invention in accordance with certain specificstructural embodiments thereof, what I claim and desire to secure by US.Letters Patent is:

l. A burial casket comprising a body and a cover wherein the cover isshallow compared with the depth of the body, said body including abottom, opposite side and end horizontal walls and opposite side and endvertical walls at the inner edges of said horizontal walls therebyproviding a cover receiving recess extending around an opening in thebody, said cover including corresponding horizontal and vertical walls,said cover vertical walls being adaptable to fit outside the recessforming vertical walls of the body, said cover also comprising a pair ofco-operating half sections, the body being provided with a channelmember intermediate the ends thereof for seating of adjacent ends of thecover sections, and said opposite side walls being interrupted forseating of adjacent ends of the cover sections in the channel member,whereby water is prevented from entering said body when in anapproximate horizontal position by virtue of the Water having to riseagainst the force of gravity in the joint between the cover and body.

2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein adjacent ends of thecover sections comprise abutting vertical Walls with horizontal wallsprojecting oppositely from the lower edges of said vertical walls, saidwalls being seatable in said channel member.

3. A burial casket comprising a metal body member and a cover therefor,wherein the cover comprising a pair of co-operating half sections isshallow compared with the depth of the body member, said body memberincluding a bottom, opposite side and end horizontal Walls and oppositeside and end vertical walls projecting upwardly above the horizontalwalls, the horizontal walls projecting inwardly from the top of thebottom section of the body member, said horizontal and vertical walls ofthe body member providing a right angle cover receiving recess extendingaround the edge of an opening in the body member, said body member beingprovided with a trough member intermediate the ends thereof for seatingthe adjacent ends of said cover sections, said cover in its edgestructure including corresponding horizontal and vertical walls, thehorizontal and vertical walls of said cover being adapted to fit outsidethe recess formed by the vertical and horizontal walls of the bodymember, the adjacent ends of the cover construction comprising abuttingvertical walls with horizontal walls projecting oppositely from thelower edges of said abutting vertical walls and being seatable in saidtrough member, the lower edge of the cover extending outwardly a greaterdistance than the width of the horizontal walls of the body member,whereby water is prevented from entering said body member when in anapproximate horizontal position by virtue of the water having to riseagainst the force of gravity in the joint between the vertical edges ofthe body member and the cover.

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